scholarly journals A Noise-Insensitive Semi-Active Air Suspension for Heavy-Duty Vehicles with an Integrated Fuzzy-Wheelbase Preview Control

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhengchao Xie ◽  
Pak Kin Wong ◽  
Jing Zhao ◽  
Tao Xu ◽  
Ka In Wong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prediction Model ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Active Suspension ◽  
Front Axle ◽  
Suspension System ◽  
Ride Quality ◽  
Heavy Duty ◽  
The Road ◽  
Air Suspension ◽  
Heavy Duty Vehicles

Semi-active air suspension is increasingly used on heavy-duty vehicles due to its capabilities of consuming less power and low cost and providing better ride quality. In this study, a new low cost but effective approach, fuzzy-wheelbase preview controller with wavelet denoising filter (FPW), is developed for semi-active air suspension system. A semi-active suspension system with a rolling lobe air spring is firstly modeled and a novel front axle vertical acceleration-based road prediction model is constructed. By adopting a sensor on the front axle, the road prediction model can predict more reliable road information for the rear wheel. After filtering useless signal noise, the proposed FPW can generate a noise-insensitive control damping force. Simulation results show that the ride quality, the road holding, the handling capability, the road friendliness, and the comprehensive performance of the semi-active air suspension with FPW outperform those with the traditional active suspension with PID-wheelbase preview controller (APP). It can also be seen that, with the addition of the wavelet filter, the impact of sensor noise on the suspension performance can be minimized.

scholarly journals Design of a Road Friendly SAS System for Heavy-Duty Vehicles Based on a Fuzzy-Hybrid-ADD and GH-Control Strategy

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Zhao ◽  
Pak Kin Wong ◽  
Zhengchao Xie ◽  
Xinbo Ma ◽  
Caiyang Wei
Keyword(s):  
Control Strategy ◽  
Fuzzy Controller ◽  
Numerical Results ◽  
Ride Quality ◽  
Heavy Duty ◽  
Vehicle Model ◽  
The Road ◽  
Overall Performance ◽  
Heavy Duty Vehicles ◽  
Semiactive Suspension

Semiactive suspension (SAS) system has been widely used for its outstanding performance in offering competent ride quality, road holding, and handling capacity. However, the road friendliness is also one of the crucial factors that should be attached in the design of the SAS system for heavy-duty vehicles. In this study, a fuzzy controlled hybrid-acceleration driven damper (ADD) and ground hook- (GH-) control strategy is proposed for SAS system of heavy-duty vehicles. Firstly, a quarter-vehicle model with SAS system is constructed. Then, aiming to improve the ride quality and road friendliness, a hybrid-ADD and GH-control strategy is proposed under the coordination of the fuzzy controller. Numerical results show that the ride quality and road friendliness of the SAS system with the proposed control strategy outperform those with traditional hybrid-sky hook and ground hook-control strategy. It is also verified that the proposed strategy is superior to the sole ADD approach and sole ground hook approach in improving the vehicle overall performance.

scholarly journals Sliding Mode Control of Laterally Interconnected Air Suspensions

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 4320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dou Guowei ◽  
Yu Wenhao ◽  
Li Zhongxing ◽  
Amir Khajepour ◽  
Tan Senqi
Keyword(s):  
Ride Comfort ◽  
Control Method ◽  
Sliding Mode ◽  
Suspension System ◽  
Lateral Acceleration ◽  
Sliding Mode Controller ◽  
The Road ◽  
Air Suspension ◽  
Simulation Based ◽  
Different Levels

This paper presents a control method based the lateral interconnected air suspension system, in order to improve the road handling of vehicles. A seven-DOF (Degree of freedom) full-vehicle model has been developed, which considers the features of the interconnected air suspension system, for example, the modeling of the interconnected pipelines and valves by considering the throttling and hysteresis effects. On the basis of the well-developed model, a sliding mode controller has been designed, with a focus on constraining and minimizing the roll motion of the sprung mass caused by the road excitations or lateral acceleration of the vehicle. Moreover, reasonable road excitations have been generated for the simulation based on the coherence of right and left parts of the road. Afterwards, different simulations have been done by applying both bumpy and random road excitations with different levels of roughness and varying vehicle lateral accelerations. The simulation results indicate that the interconnected air suspension without control can improve the ride comfort, but worsen the road handling performance in many cases. However, by applying the proposed sliding mode controller, the road handling of the sprung mass can be improved by 20% to 85% compared with the interconnected or non-interconnected mode at a little cost of comfort.

scholarly journals Design and investigation of pole assignment controller for driving nonlinear electro hydraulic actuator with new active suspension system model

2019 ◽  
Vol 233 (13) ◽  
pp. 3460-3479
Author(s):  
Ali Al-Zughaibi ◽  
Yiqin Xue ◽  
Roger Grosvenor ◽  
Aniekan Okon
Keyword(s):  
System Analysis ◽  
Active Suspension ◽  
Suspension System ◽  
The Body ◽  
Ride Quality ◽  
Control Force ◽  
Hydraulic Actuator ◽  
Friction Forces ◽  
Nonlinear Design ◽  
Conflicting Objectives

Fully active electrohydraulic control of a quarter-car test rig is considered from both a modelling and experimental point of view. This paper develops a nonlinear active hydraulic design for the active suspension system, which improves the inherent trade-off between ride quality and suspension travel. The novelty is in the use of pole assessment controller to drive a nonlinear active suspension with a new insight into the model through consideration of a new term, friction forces. Therefore, this model has taken into account the dynamic inclination angle [Formula: see text] between linkage and actuator regardless of the fact that the designer made an only vertical motion (bounce mode) of the wheel and body units. The second contribution of this paper is that it investigated the control force generation, therefore, the nonlinear hydraulic actuator whose effective bandwidth depends on the magnitude of the suspension travel, which incorporates the dynamic equation of servovalve, is deeply researched. The nonlinear friction model is accurately established, which relies on the dynamics system analysis and the fact of slipping the body on lubricant supported bearings; this model will caption all the friction behaviours that have been observed experimentally. In addition, the hydraulic system is used to generate the system inputs as a road simulator. The controller smoothly shifts its focus between the conflicting objectives of ride comfort and rattle space utilisation, softening the suspension when suspension travel is small and stiffening it as it approaches the travel limits. Thus, the nonlinear design allows the closed-loop system to behave differently in different operating regions. The improvement achieved with our design is illustrated through comparative experiments and simulations. C++ compiler environment is used to simulate the physical system to be controlled. The results show good servo control and fast regulation of abrupt disturbances.

Effective Design of Active Suspension System using Fuzzy Logic Control Approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohd Avesh ◽  
Rajeev Srivastava ◽  
Rakesh Chandmal Sharma ◽  
Neeraj Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Fuzzy Logic ◽  
Fuzzy Logic Control ◽  
Fuzzy Logic Controller ◽  
Active Suspension ◽  
Suspension System ◽  
Ride Quality ◽  
Hardware Complexity ◽  
Control Approach ◽  
Logic Control ◽  
Rules Set

The study deals with the light passenger vehicle suspension system design to improve the ride quality. The fuzzy logic control approach is applied to the half car suspension system model by adjusting the control parameters and properties using online adaptation with a minimized cost function and reduced hardware complexity. The performance of resulting model is tested under the influence of trapezoidal and triangular membership functions using the 9, 25 and 49 rules-set. The controller robustness is observed at different performance indices. Road excitations in the form of disturbance input are modelled as the sinusoidal function of a speed bump to reveal the transient response of the automotive body. Ultimately, the performance of active suspension system has been improved in terms of displacement and acceleration of seat, heave, pitch, and roll by the application of proposed fuzzy logic controller. Results reported that the trapezoidal shape 25 rules set membership function based fuzzy logic controller gives the best performance between the investigated systems.

scholarly journals Design of LQG Controller for Active Suspension without Considering Road Input Signals

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui Pang ◽  
Ying Chen ◽  
JiaNan Chen ◽  
Xue Liu
Keyword(s):  
Angular Acceleration ◽  
Active Suspension ◽  
Suspension System ◽  
Vehicle Body ◽  
Vehicle Suspension ◽  
Linear Quadratic ◽  
The Road ◽  
Input Signals ◽  
Vehicle Suspension System ◽  
Weight Coefficients

As the road conditions are completely unknown in the design of a suspension controller, an improved linear quadratic and Gaussian distributed (LQG) controller is proposed for active suspension system without considering road input signals. The main purpose is to optimize the vehicle body acceleration, pitching angular acceleration, displacement of suspension system, and tire dynamic deflection comprehensively. Meanwhile, it will extend the applicability of the LQG controller. Firstly, the half-vehicle and road input mathematical models of an active suspension system are established, with the weight coefficients of each evaluating indicator optimized by using genetic algorithm (GA). Then, a simulation model is built in Matlab/Simulink environment. Finally, a comparison of simulation is conducted to illustrate that the proposed LQG controller can obtain the better comprehensive performance of vehicle suspension system and improve riding comfort and handling safety compared to the conventional one.

Two-Dimensional Dynamics of Tracked Ram Air Cushion Vehicles With Fixed and Variable Winglets

1979 ◽  
Vol 101 (4) ◽  
pp. 321-331
Author(s):  
L. M. Sweet ◽  
H. C. Curtiss ◽  
R. A. Luhrs
Keyword(s):  
Active Suspension ◽  
Suspension System ◽  
Ride Quality ◽  
Vertical Acceleration ◽  
Suspension Systems ◽  
Active Suspension Systems ◽  
Air Cushion ◽  
Linearized Model ◽  
The One ◽  
Air Cushion Vehicles

A linearized model of the pitch-heave dynamics of a Tracked Ram Air Cushion Vehicle is presented. This model is based on aerodynamic theory which has been verified by wind tunnel and towed model experiments. The vehicle is assumed to be equipped with two controls which can be configured to provide various suspension system characteristics. The ride quality and dynamic motions of the fixed winglet vehicle moving at 330 km/hr over a guideway described by roughness characteristics typical of highways is examined in terms of the rms values of the vertical acceleration in the foremost and rearmost seats in the passenger cabin and the gap variations at the leading and trailing edges of the vehicle. The improvement in ride quality and dynamic behavior which can be obtained by passive and active suspension systems is examined and discussed. Optimal regulator theory is employed to design the active suspension system. The predicted rms values of the vertical acceleration in the one-third octave frequency bands are compared with the vertical ISO Specifications. It is shown that marked improvements in the ride quality can be obtained with either the passive or active suspension systems.

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